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E. W. SIBLEY.

HAND TRAP FOR CLAY mums.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 3,1919.

Patented J une 10, 1919.

UNITED STATES PATENT oEEioE.

EDWARD W. SIBLEY, or NEW HAVEN, oonnno'rrcorr, AssIGNo-Rmo WInoHEsrEaEErEA'rme ARMS 00., 0E NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

HAND- RAP FOR CLAY PIGEONS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Pat t d J one 10, 1919.

Application filed April 3, 1919. 3 Serial No. 287,308.

To all whom it may concern: 1

Be it known that I, EDWARD W. SIBLEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State ofConnecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hand-Trapsfor Clay Pigeons; and-I do hereby declare the following, when taken inconnection .with the accompanying drawings and the characters ofreference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exactdescription ofthe same, and which said drawings constitute part of this applicatiomandrepresent, in-

Figure 1 aplan view of a hand trap constructed in accordance withmyinvention, showingtwo clay pigeons positioned therein preparatory tobeing thrown, and the handle being shown in itsfolded. position bybroken lines.

Fig. 2 an inside view of the trap with the handle broken away.

Fig. 3 an end view of the trap showing a clay pigeon therein in brokenlines.

Fig. 4 a broken detail view in side elevation of the bent and threadedinner end of the handle shank with the locking-plate mounted thereupon.

Fig. 5 a face view thereof.

Fig. 6 a broken detail perspective view of the inner end of the bottomplate of the trap showing the shoulder formed therein and thelocking-notch in the shoulder.

My invention relates to an improvement in hand traps for throwing claypigeons of the type in which one or more clay pigeons are frictionallyheld in a combined troughshaped carrier and guide having a handlearranged at an obtuse angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of thesaid carrier, the

object of my present invention being to pro vlde improved locking meansfor handles of hand-traps of the type described.

With these ends in view, my invention consists in a hand trap forthrowing clay pigeons, having certain details of construction as will behereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

In carrying out my invention as herein shown, I employ a trough-shapedcarrier and guide of suflicient length tohold and deliver two standardclay pigeons, being open at its outer end and narrower than half thediameter of such a pigeon. The said carrier comprises a bottom plate 2upon which the clay pigeons 3 rest face down.-

.thereto from the rear edge thereof. springs 11 encircling the pintle 8have their ward, as'shown by broken lines in Fig. 1, and a top plate 4yieldingly held in spaced relation to the bottom plate 2 from which itis'normally separated by a space 5 (Fig. 3) a trifle narrower than thethickness of a pigeon so that when the same is inserted between the topand bottom plates it will be pinched between them with a suflicientgripto prevent it from accidentally falling out. As shown, the top plate 4is formed with two' parallel arms 6 arranged at a right angle to itslongitudinal axis, located near its respective ends-and having theirends bent to formknuckles 7 for the reception of a long pintle 8 passingthrough knuckles 9 formed by turning over the upper edge of the outerwall10of the trap, the said outer ,wall'being made integral with thebottom plate 2 and turned upward at a right angle Helicalrespective-ends engage with the outer face of the wall 10 and the upperface of the plate 4so as to exert a constant effort to press the samedownward toward the bottom plate 2, this downward movement being limitedby stop arms 12 bent inward from the wall 10 at a substantial rightangle thereto so as to overhang the bottom plate 2 as shown in Fig. 3.The construction above described, forms no part of my present invention,and may be replaced by any other construction designed to effect thesame purpose. My particular invention resides in the provision of adevice of the character described with a folding handle 13 formed with arod-like shank 14 the end of which is bent at a right angle to form anarm or pivot-end 15 upon which a pear-shaped locking-plate 16 is fixedat a right angle thereto, the contracted end of this plate terminatingin a straight sided locking-tongue 17 adapted to be entered into alocking-slot 18 formed to receive it in a transverse shoulder 19produced by bending the inner end of the bottom plate 2. The proiectingend of the arm or pivot end 15 is threaded as at 20 for the reception ofa locking-nut 21 having a knurled edge and preferably corresponding indiameter to the main inner portion of the plate 16. The threadedend 20of the arm 15 is passed through a hole 22 in the end of the plate 2which turns upon the said end 20 as upon a pivot. When the hand trap isin use. the locking-tongue 17 is entered into the lock ing-slot l8 andheld therein by the nut 21 A firm and strong coupling is thusestablished between the handle and carrieiu.

To pack the article for transportation, the nut 21 is unscrewedenoughtopermit the tongue 17 to be moved laterally out of the notch 18after which the handle may be folded over into its closed position inthe' space as shown by broken lines in Fig. 1..

I claim 1. In a hand trap for throwing clay pigeons, the combinationwith a combined carrier and guide adapted to receive and deliver a claypigeon, of a pivotal handle having its shank bent to form a pivot-endwhich passes through said carrier, a locking-plate fixed upon the saidpivot-end,'and having a locking-tongue adapted to engage with the 7 saidcarrier for locking the handlein its open position with respect thereto,and a shank bent to form a pivot-end which passes through'theinner endofthe said carrier at-a point ad acent to the said "slotted Copies ofthis patent may beobtained for five cents each, by addressing theCommissioner of Patents,

shoulder,a locking-plate fined upon the said pivot-end at a right anglethereto and having a locking-tongueadapted to enter the said slot forlocking the said handle and carrier in the open position of the former,and a locking-nut mounted upon the said pivot end for holding the saidtongue in engagement with the said slot.

In a hand" trap for throwing clay pigeons, the combination with acombined carrier and guide adapted to' receive and deliver a clay-pigeonand havingthe inner end of i'ts'bottom-plate formed withatransverseshoulder containing a locking-slot, "of a -pivotal handle having itsshank bent to form a pivot-end which is threaded and which passesthrough the inner end of the carrier, a Y lock-ing plate fixed upon thesaid pivot-end at a right-angle theretoand hav- 7 ing alocking-tongueadaptedto enter the said slotinthe shoulder of the saidplate, and a locking-nut-mounted upon the threaded end of the saidpivot-end'for holding the said tongue in engagement with the'said slot.

In testimony whereof, -'I have signed this specification inthe pr'esence-oftwo subscribing witnesses; p g I V EDWARD WIS IBLEY;

Witnesses: I i

DANIEL H. VEADER, 1 ERIK S. PALMER.

Washington, 110.

